Functions

To get the list of available functions in your running Neo4j instance, you can use the following:

CALL dbms.functions()

The default installation (without plugins) already contains some functions – for instance, the randomUUID function.

The result of a function is accessible through a normal Cypher query. For instance, to generate a random UUID, you can use the following:

RETURN randomUUID()

This can be used to generate a random UUID when creating a node like this:

CREATE (:Node {uuid: randomUUID()})

A new node will be created with a property uuid containing a randomly generated UUID.